Lionsgate In Final Negotiations For Tom Hanks’ ‘Hologram For The King’- Cannes

EXCLUSIVE– Lionsgate is in final negotiations to acquire domestic rights on Tom Hanks-starred Hologram for the King directed by Tom Tykwer. Deal is believed to be north of $3 million. CAA is repping domestic rights. The film is adapted from Dave Eggers’ book about an ageing salesman (Hanks) who heads for a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, in a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter’s college tuition, and finally do something great. The book was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2012.